Xiaomi explains more about how its under-screen camera works

Re:Xiaomi explains more about how its under-screen camera works by 3jckd on Sunday June 09, 2019 @03:55PM (#20141496)

I was trying to come up with a reasonable solution this. I wouldn't trust any software solution in the OS that "disables" the camera because even if hacking of the device is not possible, some sort of settings-phising might be.

It seems that the only way to deal with this, would be to have a hardware switch that disables the camera, e.g. like iPhone's mute toggle.

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Re:Xiaomi explains more about how its under-screen camera works by layoutIfNeeded on Sunday June 09, 2019 @04:26PM (#20141682)

But the OS can still get hacked to ignore the state of your toggle. E.g. the iPhone’s mute toggle doesn’t stop the alarm clock from using the phone speakers.

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Re:Xiaomi explains more about how its under-screen camera works by 3jckd on Sunday June 09, 2019 @05:39PM (#20142101)

Maybe I didn't make this clear but by hardware I meant literally physical switch, as in e.g. power delivery through the circuit.

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